Windows 7: network controller driver accidently removed can't find driver

ChaseMo · 17 Jun 2010

So the story goes like this I like updating drivers and i thought i found a new chipset. I was wrong I was uninstalling devices i didn't have. i restarted my computer and i couldn't get on the web network controller missing and unknown device which is under adapters. i have a m2n-e sli mobo with amd 6400+ athlon cpu windows 7 x64.

hoganth · 17 Jun 2010

Get your original motherboard driver disk and run it to detect and install devices that are on your motherboard
Let it "autorun"

ChaseMo · 17 Jun 2010

okay i just tried it. failure, i let it autorun then went to manage and let it try auto scanning for the devices and then i tried again searching the d: drive my rom. still didn't work. i really don't wanna do a full re-install

fishnbanjo · 17 Jun 2010

Have you tried rolling back the driver? If you had it operational you may be able to retrieve everything with a System Restore or uninstalling the driver and network adapter in Control Panel. If you have CCleaner and Drivesweeper I'd run those removing anything associated with network. I'd say download them if you don't but you probably can't get on the net w/o a network card.

ChaseMo · 18 Jun 2010

Okay I can't roll back any of the drivers, and i deleted everything with network. I don't have a restore point so is there anything else i can do?

pebbly · 18 Jun 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaseMo

Okay I can't roll back any of the drivers, and i deleted everything with network. I don't have a restore point so is there anything else i can do?

hi chasemo you could try a repair install Repair Install you will not lose any of your files or programs

fishnbanjo · 18 Jun 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by pebbly

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaseMo

Okay I can't roll back any of the drivers, and i deleted everything with network. I don't have a restore point so is there anything else i can do?

hi chasemo you could try a repair install Repair Install you will not lose any of your files or programs

Pebbly is right, w/o a restoration point and the inability to roll back or load a driver your best bet is to do a repair install following the link Pebbly left.

theog · 18 Jun 2010

Try downloading the drivers from here:

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support- SLI&SLanguage=en-us

ChaseMo · 19 Jun 2010

okay i tried the asus drivers and i tried to do a install repair but it never gave me the option it wouldn't even let me do a full re-install. I changed my boot options and did boot from disk and with the windows disk and the repair disk it searches for windows versions and takes me to the system recover options.

i think all i need is the network controller driver for windows7

imabuvu · 19 Jun 2010

Try to see if you can use recovery manager to install the individual drive it had factory installed. Should be in advanced options.

Windows 7: network controller driver accidently removed can't find driver

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